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The Medieval Church · c. 786

The Homiliary

Paul the Deacon · c. 720–799

What it is

Patristic sermons selected and arranged for every day of the church year, commissioned by Charlemagne to give clergy something reliable to read aloud.

Why it lasted

The standard preaching book of the medieval West for seven hundred years, and a decisive act of Carolingian standardisation.

Where to read it

This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.

These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.

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